And for your mobile phone, you will be paying for air time, not just outgoing calls. That means you are charged for incoming calls. There are some family plans that don't charge for calls between family members. Employers sometimes offer good deals that they have negotiated with the cell phone companies.

New Mexico can be very cold in the winter if you are in the mountains. They do have ski resorts there, up around Taos. Also, in the desert, it can cool off dramatically at night.

Again, I'm not sure what Bev means about not having high speed internet connections generally available everywhere. Mobile phone coverage can be spotty, especially since you are limited to calls on your subscribed network, and really remote areas won't have much of anything.

There are places near developed areas that don't have any kind of television service because they are too far out for cable and in canyons whose walls prevent them from getting broadcast or sattelite signals.

What I have read about American high speed services is that they aren't all that high speed, especially for uploading. Apparently some companies advertise really high speeds but only allow them on downloads. Weird, but I'm told it's true.

Medical coverage is the big deal. If your employer isn't going to provide it for you at a reasonable cost, you should probably reconsider the offer.